There's a nature and a nurture to how we perceive music and harmony. Nature is the aspects of harmony that independent societies have all agreed upon, likely d

There's a nature and a nurture to how we perceive music and harmony. Nature is the aspects of harmony that independent societies have all agreed upon, likely due to an unknown biological reason harmony sounds pleasant. Nurture is the connotations society and culture put on top of that. The author is only attempting to explain the nature part of things. You wouldn't fault the theory of gravity for not explaining cell biology, so let's not fault this guy for ignoring culture.